Posted on 06/27/2012 5:15:55 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
Earlier this month General Mills came out in opposition to Minnesota's marriage amendment ballot measure. Now supporters of the proposed amendment have launched a boycott of General Mills, imploring consumers to dump their Cheerios, Yoplait, and the myriad other products the Golden Valley manufacturer makes and markets.
The National Organization for Marriage said Tuesday, June 26, that it is initiating a protest of General Mills and has launched a website with an online petition in response to General Mills taking a public position on the amendment, which seeks to preserve Minnesota law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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The best bet is not a boycott, but a targeted shareholder revolt.
A simple enough proposition: get a list of their major shareholders, and compare it to a list of political contributors, both of which are public domain information.
Select those shareholders who are regular contributors to conservative Republican campaigns, and send them targeted emails advising them that General Mills is *wasting* money on political causes instead of either improving the company’s bottom line or paying better stock dividends.
That is, *they*, the shareholders, are subsidizing this nonsense.
,,,, Count me in !
I sent General Mills an e-mail today advising that my family is off Cheerios. It’s the only one of their products we use, but we did use it almost every day. Won’t hurt them, I know. But it sure makes me feel better.
You may find out that unless you are growing and threshing your own cereal grains, the commercially available alternatives are similarly inclined.
” Dems have organized to launch boycotts of companies that donate to causes they disagree with, as well as Glenn Beck and Rush. Our side needs to give it a try.”
I agree
What is wrong with the PLAIN truth ENGLISH, I wrote the thing in?
Since ENGLISH IS MY ONLY LANGUAGE, I can write in no other. I might misspell a word, but it is ENGLISH. Not texting, or what ever these kids do today in place of using ENGLISH.
I posted the other day that folks missed the culture war. This is the reaping of the seed sown in the past two decades. Companies are just following the demographic realities of young, new customers.
I decided to buy the store brand toasted oat cereal the other day and found it was just as good as the official Cheerios. General Mills is free to support what it wants. I’m free to give my dollars to some other company(that as far as I know isn’t telling Minnesotans how to vote on anything) instead.
Instead of telling us the companies to avoid, why can’t an organization tell what companies PROMOTE family values, or are at least neutral?
Why do I have to go to HRC’s website to find this information?
MYTH: The Marriage Protection Amendment will damage Minnesota’s economy because those in the so-called “creative class” will shun our state.
This argument shows how desperate same-sex marriage activists have become in attempting to advocate their position.
First, the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment makes no change to our existing law and thus would have no impact on our economy. It simply puts our current definition of marriage beyond the reach of activist judges and politicians to change it without the consent of voters.
This argument also is internally inconsistent with other arguments that gay marriage backers advance. For example, they argue that more gay and lesbian couples are making their home in Minnesota so we should redefine marriage to accommodate them, yet, if true, that is happening when we already define marriage as the union of one man and one woman!
On the face of it, it’s hard to imagine what connection economic performance might have to a state’s definition of marriage. However, to the extent that there is such a connection, the facts show that states with a marriage protection amendment in their state constitution are our top performing economic states.
For example, eight of the top ten “best states for business” according to a survey of 556 CEOs by Chief Executive Magazine have a state marriage amendment in their constitution.
Six of the top ten performing states for “creating jobs, economic development and prosperity in challenging times” have state marriage amendments in their constitutions, according to a study published by the National Chamber Foundation.
According to Moody’s Analytics, eight of the top ten states for job growth have a marriage amendment in their state constitution.
Finally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in March that of the six states with the lowest unemployment rate, four of them had state marriage amendments.
MYTH: The Marriage Protection Amendment will damage Minnesota’s economy because those in the so-called “creative class” will shun our state.
This argument shows how desperate same-sex marriage activists have become in attempting to advocate their position.
First, the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment makes no change to our existing law and thus would have no impact on our economy. It simply puts our current definition of marriage beyond the reach of activist judges and politicians to change it without the consent of voters.
This argument also is internally inconsistent with other arguments that gay marriage backers advance. For example, they argue that more gay and lesbian couples are making their home in Minnesota so we should redefine marriage to accommodate them, yet, if true, that is happening when we already define marriage as the union of one man and one woman!
On the face of it, it’s hard to imagine what connection economic performance might have to a state’s definition of marriage. However, to the extent that there is such a connection, the facts show that states with a marriage protection amendment in their state constitution are our top performing economic states.
For example, eight of the top ten “best states for business” according to a survey of 556 CEOs by Chief Executive Magazine have a state marriage amendment in their constitution.
Six of the top ten performing states for “creating jobs, economic development and prosperity in challenging times” have state marriage amendments in their constitutions, according to a study published by the National Chamber Foundation.
According to Moody’s Analytics, eight of the top ten states for job growth have a marriage amendment in their state constitution.
Finally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in March that of the six states with the lowest unemployment rate, four of them had state marriage amendments.
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